# Counties in Iowa by establishment exit rate, 2023

All 99 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `establishment_exit_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Establishments that closed during the year (employees a year earlier and none in March of the year), as a percentage of the average number of establishments in the two years. United States: Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010 (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/establishment-exit-rate/iowa-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Ringgold County | 14.884 |
| 2 | Worth County | 12.903 |
| 3 | Taylor County | 12.549 |
| 4 | Tama County | 12.109 |
| 5 | Hancock County | 11.743 |
| 6 | Louisa County | 11.667 |
| 7 | Monona County | 11.386 |
| 8 | Fremont County | 10.492 |
| 9 | Calhoun County | 10.445 |
| 10 | Jefferson County | 10.387 |
| 11 | Clinton County | 10.221 |
| 12 | Jackson County | 10.191 |
| 13 | Benton County | 9.958 |
| 13 | Delaware County | 9.958 |
| 15 | Buena Vista County | 9.957 |
| 16 | Madison County | 9.946 |
| 17 | Clayton County | 9.767 |
| 18 | Winnebago County | 9.739 |
| 19 | Dallas County | 9.618 |
| 20 | Greene County | 9.565 |
| 21 | Osceola County | 9.551 |
| 22 | Pocahontas County | 9.418 |
| 23 | Warren County | 9.398 |
| 24 | Butler County | 9.391 |
| 25 | Crawford County | 9.358 |
| 26 | Polk County | 9.335 |
| 27 | Adams County | 9.326 |
| 28 | Davis County | 9.317 |
| 29 | Plymouth County | 9.306 |
| 30 | Johnson County | 9.247 |
| 31 | Van Buren County | 9.195 |
| 32 | Lyon County | 9.169 |
| 33 | Kossuth County | 9.149 |
| 34 | Guthrie County | 9.145 |
| 35 | Pottawattamie County | 9.096 |
| 36 | Lucas County | 9.065 |
| 37 | Sac County | 8.966 |
| 38 | Scott County | 8.932 |
| 39 | Humboldt County | 8.929 |
| 40 | Washington County | 8.924 |
| 41 | Adair County | 8.716 |
| 42 | Grundy County | 8.55 |
| 43 | Mills County | 8.532 |
| 44 | Linn County | 8.462 |
| 45 | Marion County | 8.301 |
| 46 | Cedar County | 8.294 |
| 47 | Jasper County | 8.291 |
| 48 | Wapello County | 8.257 |
| 49 | Fayette County | 8.254 |
| 50 | Jones County | 8.213 |
| 51 | Keokuk County | 8.184 |
| 52 | Harrison County | 8.163 |
| 53 | Iowa County | 8.144 |
| 54 | Marshall County | 8.055 |
| 55 | Hardin County | 8.052 |
| 56 | Clarke County | 8.046 |
| 56 | Muscatine County | 8.046 |
| 58 | Appanoose County | 8.044 |
| 59 | Mahaska County | 7.967 |
| 60 | Wright County | 7.939 |
| 61 | Cerro Gordo County | 7.929 |
| 62 | Howard County | 7.826 |
| 63 | Webster County | 7.813 |
| 64 | Story County | 7.688 |
| 65 | Bremer County | 7.685 |
| 66 | Dubuque County | 7.617 |
| 67 | Boone County | 7.565 |
| 68 | Chickasaw County | 7.496 |
| 69 | Black Hawk County | 7.488 |
| 70 | Mitchell County | 7.46 |
| 71 | Cherokee County | 7.453 |
| 72 | Hamilton County | 7.44 |
| 73 | Dickinson County | 7.358 |
| 74 | Franklin County | 7.339 |
| 75 | Cass County | 7.255 |
| 76 | Henry County | 7.193 |
| 77 | Palo Alto County | 7.129 |
| 78 | Wayne County | 7.115 |
| 79 | Allamakee County | 7.077 |
| 80 | Poweshiek County | 7.066 |
| 81 | Lee County | 7.025 |
| 82 | Des Moines County | 6.903 |
| 83 | O'Brien County | 6.874 |
| 84 | Woodbury County | 6.861 |
| 85 | Buchanan County | 6.795 |
| 86 | Montgomery County | 6.679 |
| 87 | Floyd County | 6.562 |
| 88 | Emmet County | 6.19 |
| 89 | Clay County | 6.122 |
| 90 | Union County | 6.093 |
| 91 | Winneshiek County | 5.962 |
| 92 | Audubon County | 5.814 |
| 93 | Sioux County | 5.71 |
| 94 | Ida County | 5.689 |
| 95 | Carroll County | 5.462 |
| 96 | Monroe County | 5.455 |
| 97 | Page County | 5.405 |
| 98 | Shelby County | 4.651 |
| 99 | Decatur County | 2.12 |